Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma: Techniques and Tools for Working with Suicidality and Dissociation

by Joanne Zucchetto, Simone Jacobs, Ly Vick Johnson

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases. By depathologizing patients' experiences and behaviors, and moving beyond simply managing them, therapists can reduce their clients' shame and work collaboratively to understand the underlying message that these behaviors conceal.

Genres: Psychology

190 pages, Hardcover

Published July 23, 2019

Reviews

[xmilkshakex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was surpringsly insightful and helpful to read about. One thing that is so hard about CPTSD is how it just glitches/jumps the gun on your reactions. Because the origin of that jumping the gun is so muddled in with everything else developmentally, it can be really hard to trace back without learning the mechanisms of coping strategies like this.